CHINCH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHINCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINCH is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chinchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CHINCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHINCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 22,075 thousand.
What stands out about CHINCH
- CHINCH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHINCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanzoology
A small bug that feeds on grasses and grain and damages lawns and crops, common in North America.
The chinch is best known as the chinch bug, which sucks sap from turf and cereal plants. In older southern American speech the word was also used for the bedbug.
How CHINCH is used
The word chinch is regional, used in farming, lawn care and older American speech.
- A chinch infestation turned the lawn brown in July.
- Farmers feared the chinch more than a dry spell.
- The chinch gives off a bad smell when crushed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHINCH
10 longer words begin with CHINCH.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINCH
Common questions about CHINCH
- Is CHINCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINCH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINCH worth?
- CHINCH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINCH mean?
- A small bug that feeds on grasses and grain and damages lawns and crops, common in North America.
- What letters can be added to CHINCH?
- CHINCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHINCH:
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